Business relationships are built and based on many skills we all use daily in our personal lives and our professional lives: communication, trust, respect, strategy.  The list goes on. 

How many of you extend the same principles that make you successful at work in your home life?  Real Simple Magazine guest author Patrick Lencioni employed a few of the strategies that contributed to his success in the office at home and here are the top ten strategies he recommends. 

1. Identify core values
2. Establish a top priority
3. Keep values & top priority visible
4. Do not make snap decisions
5. Understand opportunity cost
6. Assess which balls bounce and which ones break
7. Do not confuse long term strategies with short-term tactics
8. Review progress often
9. Remember to take a break
10. Welcome productive conflict

All of these sound good to remember both in one's personal life and at work.  I like the application to life outside the office, and it is a reminder that strong relationships--business and personal-- make for successful people who are successful at work. 

Read the full article here.

Source: Real Simple Magazine "10 Business Strategies to Organize Your Family Life," by Patrick Lencioni, accessed May 27, 2010